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B. J. WARNER.

Watch Case.

Patented Jan. 8. 1867.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY concerns:

Be it'knowu that I, BENJAMIN J. WARNER, of 'Brooklyn, in the county ofKings, and State of New York, have invented, made, and applied to use, acertain new and useful Improvement in Watch Cases; and I do herebydeclare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of thesaid invention, reference being had to the annexed drawing,'making partof this specification, wherein Figure 1 is a cross-section of the case.

Figure 2 is a view representing the case as open and Figure 3 is asection through the catch.

The nature of my said invention consists in a ring applied within thelid or cover of the watch case, adapted to the reception of likenesses;said ring being held by a catch so that it may be separated-from the lidfor the introduction of a likeness, or for viewing a second likenessplaced at the back of the first. By this construction I am enabled tosafely carry within the watch case two photographic or other likenesses,which are protected from injury, and are in a convenient position forbeing frequently examined.

In the drawings, a is the centre or body of the case to which the shankis attached; 6 is the inner back or cap, which may be made in one piecewith the basil, or fitted to open as usual; 0 is the lid, or one of thelids or covers, of any usual kind or material, and hinged to the body aat cl; 0 is a ring hinged also at d, and being between the lid 0 andbasil a. This ring, e, is made with a .flange receiving the portraits,These portraits or pictures may be on opposite sides of a piece of cardor other supporting materiah with their surfaces varnished or otherwiseprotected. I have, however, shown said pictures as introduced betweentwo glasses, (watch crystals) as at it, and these are held in placewithin the ring e, by the snap-ring 0. The spring r, that is used toopen the lids, acts upon the hinge of said lid through an opening in thehinge of the ring. s is the ordinary catch, acted upon by thecompression pin through the shank of the case, in any well-known manner,but the catch is larger and projects up through an opening in the ringe, and is contiguous to a spring catch, u, that holds the ring e and lid0 together. When the catch 8 is pressed back, the lid 0 and ring 6 flyopen, exposing the picture next the inner back b, but if the ring a isheld down by the nail, while the catch 5 is pressed back rather furtherthan in the first instance, the catch 11. will be disconnected from thelid 0, and the case spring will throw the lid 0 back, and expose to viewthe other portrait, as seen in fig- 2- The ring e and lid may be held inplace by any usual means, such as snapping instead of'having springs asshown.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The hinged ring e, applied between the lid 0, and body a, and fitted forthe reception of pictures, and provided with catches, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

I also claim the ring 0, snapping outside of the flange of the opening,receiving the glass or crystal and securing the same in place as shown.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature this first day ofAugust, A. D. 1866. s

B. J. WARNER.

Witnesses:

GEO. D. WALKER, Tnos. GEO. HAROLD.

